ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2021
Ruxolitinib for Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Graft-versus-Host Disease: Real-World Data from Chinese Patients.
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- Optimal Treatment of Steroid-refractory Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (cGvHD) in the Era of Novel drugs - a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2026Pooled it
- Ruxolitinib for the treatment of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease in children: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.Bone marrow transplantation · 2024Pooled it
- Ruxolitinib as second-line therapy for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after hematopoietic cell transplantation: a retrospective multicenter study.Annals of hematology · 2025Article
- REAL-WORLD OUTCOMES OF STEROID-REFRACTORY ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE TREATED WITH RUXOLITINIB.Blood cell therapy · 2025Article
- Lower incidence of chronic graft-Haematologica · 2025Article
- ROCK 2 inhibition with belumosudil for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease: a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in hematology · 2025Review
- [Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (2024)].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2024Article
- Role of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with high-risk T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma: an analysis of clinical outcomes.Bone marrow transplantation · 2024Article
- Treatment of steroid-refractory graft versus host disease in children.Frontiers in transplantation · 2023Review
- Real-world experience with ruxolitinib for steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease: a single center experience.International journal of hematology · 2022Article
- New Applications of JAK/STAT Inhibitors in Pediatrics: Current Use of Ruxolitinib.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Basiliximab Treatment for Patients With Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease Following Matched Sibling Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.Cell transplantationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundGraft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a main complication following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and is a leading cause of non-relapse-related death. Unsatisfactory response to standard first-line therapy with glucocorticoids is a predictor of a poor prognosis in patients with GVHD. Ruxolitinib is a selective Janus kinases 1/2 inhibitor which has been shown to control acute (a) and chronic (c) GVHD while maintaining graft-versus-tumor effects.
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ruxolitinib in the treatment of steroid-refractory GVHD (SR-GVHD) in a population of Chinese patients.
methodsWe report the results of 55 patients, including 23 patients with aGVHD and 32 patients with cGVHD, who were treated with ruxolitinib as salvage therapy between August, 2017 and December, 2020.
resultsIn patients with aGVHD, the overall response rate (ORR) was 86.9%, and the 1-year overall survival (OS) was 82.6% (95% CI, 67.1-98.1%). The 1-year OS was significantly improved in responders than in non-responders (90.0% vs 33.3%, P=0.004). In patients with cGVHD, the ORR was 78.1%, and the 1-year OS was 81.3% (95% CI, 67.8-94.8%). There was no significant difference in the 1-year OS between responders and non-responders (84.0% vs 71.4%, P=0.327). Cytopenia, cytomegalovirus-reactivation and infections were common adverse events, particularly in patients with aGVHD.
conclusionOur real-world data from Chinese patients further confirm that ruxolitinib is a safe and effective treatment for SR-GVHD.
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